Taz Skylar | |
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 Skylar in 2025 | |
| Born | Tarek Yassin Skylar 5 December 1995 Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain |
| Nationality | |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2015–present |
Tarek Yassin "Taz" Skylar (born 5 December 1995) is a British-Spanish actor and screenwriter based in London. After the success of his self written off-West-end play, Warheads, he went on to write and star in Gassed Up for Amazon Prime and plays Sanji in the Netflix series One Piece (2023).
Skylar was born and raised in Tenerife, Canary Islands to his father Hassan Yassin, of Sierraleonian-Lebanese origin, and his mother Gwen Skylar, an Englishwoman born in Yorkshire. [1]
He worked creating surfboards from the age of 15 after leaving high school. [2] He attempted to enlist as a reservist in the British Army in 2016, but after a car accident caused him to suffer a concussion, he failed medical tests. He had to wait a year before he could reapply to join the army, so he began writing and acting. [3] [4]
Skylar began his career in the United Kingdom, where he started acting in various small roles. In 2015, he appeared in the short films Venom and Beautiful. He then played David in the short film Trophy (2016) before appearing as Caps in The Reserves from 2018 to 2019, which he also wrote and produced. [1]
In 2018, Skylar made his directorial debut with the short film Multi-Facial. The following year, he made his feature film debut in The Kill Team, where he played Sergeant Dawes. That year, he played Marty in Lie Low and Betim in the short film Final Gift. In 2020, he played Jason in Villain . In 2022, he joined the cast of Agatha Raisin , playing Harry Beam in two episodes of the series. Next, the actor played Gin in The Deal (2022) and appeared as Walt in an episode of The Lazarus Project (2022). [1]
In 2021, Skylar joined the cast of One Piece and portrayed Sanji. [5] [6] [7] The series is set to return for a second season to premiere in 2026. [8]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Venom | Victim | Short film |
| Beautiful | Jasper | ||
| 2016 | Trophy. | David | |
| 2018 | Neon | Neon | |
| Multi-Facial | Mike | ||
| 2019 | The Kill Team | Sergeant Dawes | |
| Lie Low | Marty | ||
| Final Gift | Betim | Short film | |
| 2020 | Villain | Jason | |
| 2021 | Boiling Point | Billy | |
| Split Sole | Short film | ||
| 2022 | Dead Silent | Liam | |
| The Deal | Gin | ||
| 2023 | Gassed Up | Dubz | |
| 2025 | Cleaner | Noah |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–2019 | The Reserves | Caps | |
| 2022 | Agatha Raisin | Harry Beam | 2 episodes |
| The Lazarus Project | Walt | 2 episodes | |
| 2023 | Boiling Point | Billy | 4 episodes [9] |
| 2023–present | One Piece | Sanji | Main role and English and Spanish-language versions |
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated Work(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | People's Choice Award | Best Motion Picture | Multi-Facial | Won |